Agricultural Economist at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Duties and responsibilities

•  Facilitation of monitoring and evaluation processes of vegetable business networks engaged in regenerative agricultural technologies and post-harvest practices.
•  Train business coaches and partners to collect quality data.
•  Implement, monitor, collect and report data.
•  Conduct preliminary analysis.
•  Participatory M&E processes with farmers, partners, and researchers.
•  Report findings and conclusions
•  Manage an on-line database of vegetable business networks (VBNs), VBN members, business coaches and project eventsin AkvoFlow.
•  Facilitate profitability studies of vegetable production and vegetable businesses.
•  Conduct end-line evaluation study of the project.
•  In liaison with stakeholders, colleagues, and partners, promote innovations and processes that improve efficiencies in the vegetable value chains.
•  Promote youth and gender empowerment in vegetable business networks through implementing partners.
•  Document evidence and lessons learned into high quality documents or media for dissemination.
•  Liaise with Media Officer and media partners to influence behavioral change of producers towards adoption of generative technologies and circular agri-business practices.
•  Produce research briefs to influence policy towards a more enabling environment for vegetable business networks and sustainable agricultural practices.
•  Technical progress and other evaluation reports of grammatically correct and scientific standards.
•  Facilitate partner meetings and learning events.
•  Perform any other duties assigned by the Kenya Country Director.

Requirements

•  Master's degree in agri-business, socioeconomics, or other related sciences.
•  Minimum three years' experience in an international non-governmental organization (NGO) or company.
•  Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, baseline studies, and impact assessments.
•  Proven ability to extract evidence and lessons learned from evaluation exercises and turn these into high quality documents for dissemination.
•  Proven experience in profitability studies.

Education, knowledge and experience

•  Master's degree in agri-business, socioeconomics, or other related sciences.
•  Minimum three years' experience in an international non- governmental organization (NGO) or company.
•  Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, baseline studies, and impact assessments.
•  Proven ability to extract evidence and lessons learned from evaluation exercises and turn these into high quality documents for dissemination.
•  Proven experience in profitability studies.